Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1887-05-21
INTER-OCEAN
NEW SCHOOL LAW.
Important Facts and Items to be
Observed Now.

Important Facts and Items to be
Observed Now.
Following are the salient features of
new school law, the provisions of which
should be closely studied by those hav-
ing anything to do with oul schools:
1t shall be the duty of each Of the
present township school boards to meet
on the last Tuesday in May. and tent
porarily ix the boundaries of each SUBJ
district in the township, and to make
out and post description of each sub.
district upon the door Of the school
house therein. In no case shall the
township board number less than three
members, and where there is but one
school in the township, n member
shall be elected therefrom and two at
large. Where there are two schools,
each shall select q director and n shall
be selected at large. The school board
elected shall at their first meeting, or as
soon thereafter as practicable, define
the permanent boundaries of the sub
districts.
The annual school election shall be
held on the third Tuesday Of June in
each year, beginning with the year 1887,
and a polling place is hereby established
in each aub-district of each township.
the director of the sub-district to be the
Judge of election, and the clerk of cleo.
ton shall be elected by the voters pres
ent at the opening of the polls. If the
director shall not be present, a judge Of
election shall be chosen by the voters
present.
At the annual school election the
qualified voters of each sub-district shall
elect one director who shall preside at
all sub.district meetings and who shall
be a member of the township school
board, except when q sub-district in.
cludes or is composed of an incorporated
city, town or village, and in such cases
such sub.dlstrlcts shall elect in the same
as many directors as it has de-
partments regularly employing separate
teachers, and the said directors shall be
members of the township board and
constitute the board of education of
such sub.district, which board shall have
the same power as the directors of other
sub.districts.
At the same time at which the direc.
tor is elected and upon the same ballot,
the qualified voters of the township shall
elect one township treasurer who shall
hold his Office for the term of one year,
He shall take a similar oath of Office to
the one required of the director and
shall enter into an undertaking in favor
of the school township. II The treas
urer shall not be a member of the town
ship school board. The judge and clerk
of election shall Immediately after the
canvas of the vote for director, send a
certified copy of the vote cast for said
officer to the township clerk, and the
clerk shall certify the result to the coun
ty clerk without delay.
The township board shall select CLERK
not of their W number. Their meet
ing for organization and election of clerl
shall be the second Tuesday in July.
That at the annual school election,
provided for in Sec. IL of this act, the
polls shall be opened at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon and continue open until {
o'clock of the same day. The judge o
election, with the aid of the clerk, shall
count the votes cast for director, and
the person receiving the highest num-
Der of votes cast, shall be declared
elected. + Ties shall be decided by
lot. = The judge and clerk of cleo
ton shall also count the votes cast f.,
treasurer, and place the result in a sealet
envelope and deliver the same to the
township clerk, in person, within three
days after election.
Upon receiving the returns from thu
various sub.districts of the votes cast TO
treasurer, the township clerk shall. with
out delay, open them, and after count
ing the votes, snail issue a certificate o
election to the person receiving tn
highest number of votes. * Tie
shall be decided by lot.
In all elections held under the pro
visions of this act, all persons who ar
qualified electors under the general law
of our territory and all woman of TWEEN
ty-one years and over, having the necea
sary qualifications as to citizenship
and residence required by the genera
laws, and who have children of echoo
age under their are or control shall bt
qualified voters.
All persons, either male or female
being twenty-one years of age, and over
having the necessary qualifications un
der the general laws as to citizenship
and residence, shall be eligible to tn
of school director, judge, or clerk o
election, township clerk or count!
superintendent.
The judge Of election shall administe
the oath of Office to the clerk, and tn
clerk in turn administer the oath to tn
Judge.
The township clerk shall within tire
days after receiving copy of the returns
sion and Transmit tn each nerson electo.